[mythtv-users] Can MythMusic use aRts or OSS?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 05 June 2003 08:15 pm, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Thursday 05 June 2003 08:01 pm, Tako Schotanus wrote:
> > Is it possible for MythMusic to use aRts or OSS?
> > Because ESD doesn't work for me and I can hardly find any info on it.
> > And even though it says everywhere that you should be using ALSA I'm
> > really getting fed up trying to get it to work.
>
> mythmusic _only_ uses OSS, for now.  Same as mythtv.
>
> Isaac

Just to clarify, ALSA provides an OSS compatibility mode/layer so that you 
don't have to build direct ALSA support into your app.  OSS apps work "out of 
the box" with ALSA.  The reason the ALSA drivers are recommended over the 
OSS/Free drivers in the stock (2.4 & earlier) kernel is that the underlying 
driver is considered to be superior, especially for full duplex, which is 
very important for Myth.

And no, none of the Myth modules can use (or even probably co-exist with) aRts 
or ESD.

-JAC